Nasty Serena, weepy Naomi, and that misogynist umpire: Drowning in drama in our Age of Outrage

Serena Williams argues with chair umpire Carlos Ramos during match against Naomi Osaka during the women's finals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament on Saturday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

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By David Jones/PennLive

Serena didn’t steal Naomi’s joy. She still gets to keep the U.S. Open trophy.

The umpire didn’t steal a point from Serena. He just penalized her for acting like a jerk.

Acting like a jerk doesn’t make Serena a monster. She’s a highly competitive elite athlete.

So, we’re all gonna be OK.

Here are my three takes from the one of the most overwrought stories yet from our Age of Outrage: Naomi Osaka’s straight-set defeat of Serena Williams in the U.S. Open women’s singles final and the final-set uproar over the chair umpire’s rulings that had little to no influence over the final result but have fired nonstop controversy and angst the past 48 hours.

John McEnroe's greatest hits could be much longer than this highlight reel. But here are three classic tirades that millennials might wanna check out before they brand Serena Williams as a petulant prima donna. They ain't seen nothin'.

1. Serena Williams' behavior was outrageous? C'mon.

I grew up on Connors and McEnroe. Sorry, not impressed.

In fact, just Sunday night I re-watched the enjoyable 2011 HBO doc McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice. McEnroe defined obnoxious behavior 40 years ago. In the years well before Cyclops and Hawk-Eye electronic line-judge devices, he was tolerated for minutes at a time as he pouted and ranted and writhed about judges' line calls, acting like the spoiled little rich kid lawyer’s son from Queens he was. He called chair umpires every name imaginable and delayed matches in most every big tournament he played. Connors, too. It was practically expected, considered part of the show.